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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
6
The bulletin reports generally fair weather with cool nights and a frost tonight. Iowa experiences partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions in the northwest. Wisconsin shows continued cool, fair conditions tonight and Saturday. Illinois forecast not fully captured.
Today's closing quotes from the Chicago Board of Trade and Union Stock Yards show Dec wheat at 1.001 5 percent, Dec corn 6334 percent, oats 488, Jan pork 16 1b, lard 947, ribs 945. Cattle 35,000 steady with beeves 316 to 760, stockers 82.0 to 35.25, cows and heifers 150 to 525. Hog totals 26,000 mixed 76 to 600, heavy 3096.05, rough 580 45.60. sheep 9,000 weak 250 to 470. Additional futures quotations supplied by C. D. Anderson.
The notice cites penalties for throwing stones at buildings or people and for willful damage to fences walls bridges furniture and doors. Special plainclothes policemen will patrol Saturday night October 31 to enforce the ordinances, with strict penalties for violations including arrests.
Congressman Henry Sherman Boutell spoke at the Freeport Republican rally drawing general approval. He urged continued tariff enforcement aiding farmers and workers, praised Lowden and Hitt, and predicted a 200000 vote majority for Taft and Deneen in Minors. The gathering filled the Grand Opera House with strong support.
The piece covers large Republican rallies in Freeport Lena Rock Grove and surrounding areas highlighting speaker Congressman Boutell Senator McKencie and Ro Po Eckert. It notes strong voter enthusiasm with parade contingents first voters and a packed opera house in Lena and effective attacks on Bryanism.
Rev W L Jones presents a pre stand point address on the Prial and Crucifixion of Christ Friday evening October 1 at 8 pm at Congregational Church 210 Taylor Avenue.
Local ads note chicken pie supper priced at 25 cents at the Troy Cafe this Saturday with fresh oysters advertised. Other lines promote Bock wurst at the Sausage Factory tomorrow and Keystone Flour at 1.30 per sack with money back guarantee.
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